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. >> reporter: president obama is weighing the options to the chemical weapons attack carried out last week. the president is speak with his national security team while assuring americans it would not pull the u.s. into a long-term conflict. >> we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act. we're not considering any open-ended commitment. >> military experts say the u.s. is eyeing a response of air strikes in syria's capitol. >> they know who that unit is. they know where they can be located. they will punish them with military strikes. they'll probably level a ministry of defense building. >> but it may be a tough sale to the u.s. public. 50% of americans oppose taking military action in syria. the u.s. would be acting without the help of one of the strongest allies. the president indicates france is him. this congressman says he's seen conclusive evidence of a chemical attack by the syrian government. >> we don't want to rush to judgment. whatever targets are being considered, if they were to strike syria, that we do not hit civilian or innocent people. >> ama daetz, ab
. >> reporter: president obama is weighing the options to the chemical weapons attack carried out last week. the president is speak with his national security team while assuring americans it would not pull the u.s. into a long-term conflict. >> we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act. we're not considering any open-ended commitment. >> military experts say the u.s. is eyeing a response of air strikes in syria's capitol. >> they know who that unit is....
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all they're waiting for is the order interest president obama. five guided missile destroyers in the eastern med loaded with as many as 50 tomb map hawk missiles each. we're told all the potential targets have been downloaded into those missile warheads. those targets would include the command and control center for syria's chemical weapons sites and the delivery systems is like artillery, rockets and other devices, airplanes, air strips, but president obama has made it clear that this is not an attack intended to overturn the regime, regime is not is the target. it's limited and tailored, according to the president himself, lester. >> limited and tailored, you might even call it a hit and run attack. how effective in the past have those kind of attacks been? >> reporter: history shows, lester, they're not very effective, particularly when you're up against a strong military power in the region like syria. the most famous of those ineffective attacks i guess you could say happened in 1998 when president bill clinton launched a series of cruise mi
all they're waiting for is the order interest president obama. five guided missile destroyers in the eastern med loaded with as many as 50 tomb map hawk missiles each. we're told all the potential targets have been downloaded into those missile warheads. those targets would include the command and control center for syria's chemical weapons sites and the delivery systems is like artillery, rockets and other devices, airplanes, air strips, but president obama has made it clear that this is not...
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/obama drama. never have two blood feud enemies been so helpful to each other for so many years in a row. woodrow wilson had a -- these guys, whatever friction there might be, maybe they aren't best of friends but they have made the calculation for a long time they are in this together. they help each other. it's good for the party and good for their beliefs. >> it's an alliance of mutual interest. 2016 hanging there. the idea of hillary running as the -- almost heir to obama. and somewhere joe biden saying, what about me? we're just getting started with bill clinton because he's the president a lot of advocates of a military strike in syria are pointing to right now. kosovo, boss niainterventions of the 1990s and what they do and do not mean for syria. labor day is coming, and that means... car sales events. and now there's a new way to buy: truecar. at truecar.com we'll show you... what others paid for the car you want, so you'll know if that sales price... is a great price. save time, save money
/obama drama. never have two blood feud enemies been so helpful to each other for so many years in a row. woodrow wilson had a -- these guys, whatever friction there might be, maybe they aren't best of friends but they have made the calculation for a long time they are in this together. they help each other. it's good for the party and good for their beliefs. >> it's an alliance of mutual interest. 2016 hanging there. the idea of hillary running as the -- almost heir to obama. and...
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president obama attacks it is not about regime change but rather retribution. live in the news room. >>> tensions about syria along with some weakness in consumer spending sent wall street lower. the industrials dropped 30 points, the nasdaq fell 30. this has been the worst month for the markets in more than a year. >>> 22 san francisco firefighters returned home from battling the rim fire late today. the u.s. forest service says the fire is now 32% contained and growing at a slower rate. more than 200,000 acres burned since it started two weeks ago. there are still mandatory evacuations to the southeast of the fire and 4500 structures are threatened. tonight, our john fowler gives us a view of how some military hardware is helping in the fire fight. >> reporter: this drone, flying from this base in victorville, east of los angeles, beaming realtime fire video instantly to the incident commander. >> like you see a helicopter sending a live sped, it can pick up a thermal image. >> reporter: it can see hot spots. at incident command, firefighters and national gua
president obama attacks it is not about regime change but rather retribution. live in the news room. >>> tensions about syria along with some weakness in consumer spending sent wall street lower. the industrials dropped 30 points, the nasdaq fell 30. this has been the worst month for the markets in more than a year. >>> 22 san francisco firefighters returned home from battling the rim fire late today. the u.s. forest service says the fire is now 32% contained and growing at a...
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what the president said a7 >>> continuing coverage, the crieses in syria, president obama said today he is weighing limited and narrow action against the regime. he said syria has endangered the national security of the united states and has violated established norms against the use of chemical weapon. the obama administration said 1,429 people were killed in last week's chemical weapons attack, including 426 children. so far, the president has not asked congress for approval for a military strike and france is the only major foreign power to support retaliation. president obama contends there is no excuse for killing innocent people, including such large numbers of women and children. still opposition to an attack on syria is widespread both around the world and here at home. as john tells us, the president is facing a real predicament. >> reporter: an east bay physician that lived in syria as a child and visited family there as recently as five years ago. >> it's near and dear to my heart. >> reporter: the chemical weapons attack on the syrian people hit him hard. >> my heart blee
what the president said a7 >>> continuing coverage, the crieses in syria, president obama said today he is weighing limited and narrow action against the regime. he said syria has endangered the national security of the united states and has violated established norms against the use of chemical weapon. the obama administration said 1,429 people were killed in last week's chemical weapons attack, including 426 children. so far, the president has not asked congress for approval for a...
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. >>> a limited narrow strike, that's what president obama said today, he is considering against syria. that came as the president and secretary of state laid out the administration's case that syria used chemical weapons against its own people. they say the price of not doing anything is too high. >> we cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale. >> reporter: the u.s. says the evidence is as clear as it is compelling. an intelligence report released by the administration today shows weapons personnel were on the ground making preparations. the regime elements were told to prepare for an attack with gas mask. and rockets launched at the time of the attack came from government-controlled areas. 1400 people killed including 420 children. >> the american intelligence community has high confidence, high confidence. this is common sense. this is evidence. these are facts. >> reporter: all eyes are now on president obama. >> i have not made a final decision about various actions that might be taken. >> reporter: a key question -- will
. >>> a limited narrow strike, that's what president obama said today, he is considering against syria. that came as the president and secretary of state laid out the administration's case that syria used chemical weapons against its own people. they say the price of not doing anything is too high. >> we cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale. >> reporter: the u.s. says the evidence is as clear as it is...
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president obama contends there is no excuse for killing innocent people, including such large numbers of women and children. still opposition to an attack on syria is widespread both around the world and here at home. as john tells us, the president is facing a real predicament. >> reporter: an east bay physician that lived in syria as a child and visited family there as recently as five years ago. >> it's near and dear to my heart. >> reporter: the chic weapons attack on the syrian people hit him hard. >> my heart bleeds for all of these kids, women and families that have lost their lives. these are my people. i'm half syrian. >> reporter: the prospect of strikes does not sit well with people. >> there there is no win win situation, it's all lose lose. it's either a dictatorship or it's going to be a muslim brotherhood or some other form of unstable government. >> reporter: there is almost no support from the world at large for a u.s. military action. just yesterday, the british parliament joined against joining the u.s. in a potential attack on syria. >> this is a regime that specia
president obama contends there is no excuse for killing innocent people, including such large numbers of women and children. still opposition to an attack on syria is widespread both around the world and here at home. as john tells us, the president is facing a real predicament. >> reporter: an east bay physician that lived in syria as a child and visited family there as recently as five years ago. >> it's near and dear to my heart. >> reporter: the chic weapons attack on the...
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also, reaction from the syrian community here in the bay area, marianne. >> jessica, president obama says he won't send troops into syria. today i talked with the president of the syrian american council here in the bay area. he says his group, which has 400 members, is not asking for american soldiers to respond to syria but he is hoping the u.s. will take swift action to stop what he called the syrian president's rein of terror. >> reporter: what led up to the tragic deaths of more than 1400 people in syria. today secretary of state john kerry revealed unclassified intelligence indicating the syrian regime prepared for last week's chemical attacks for days. >> this is the indiscriminate, inconceivable horror of chemical weapons. this is what assad did to his own people. >> reporter: president obama said today he is considering a limited strike. >> in no event are we considering any kind of military action that would involve boots on the ground, that would involve a long-term campaign. >> reporter: he said the world has an obligation to make sure countries are not using chemical wea
also, reaction from the syrian community here in the bay area, marianne. >> jessica, president obama says he won't send troops into syria. today i talked with the president of the syrian american council here in the bay area. he says his group, which has 400 members, is not asking for american soldiers to respond to syria but he is hoping the u.s. will take swift action to stop what he called the syrian president's rein of terror. >> reporter: what led up to the tragic deaths of...
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. >> president obama is weighing the responses to a chemical weapons attack he said syria carried out last week. he's speaking with his national security team while execution americans a strike against bashar al assad's government with be limited. >> we are not considering any open-ended commitment. we aren't considering any boots on the ground approach. >> military experts say the u.s. is measuring a measured response in the form of air strikes on syria's capital. >> they will go after the unit that conducted the attack on the civiliance 678 they know where they are and they will punish them with strikes butch they will also do something visually compelling. they will level probably a military of defense building. >> but it may be a tough sell to the u.s. public. 50% of the americans oppose taking military action in syria. the u.s. would be acting without the help of one of its strong he will allies. britain's parliament has voted against taking action in syria. one man has been briefedly u.s. intelligent officials. he said he has scene conclusive evidence of a chemical attack by the
. >> president obama is weighing the responses to a chemical weapons attack he said syria carried out last week. he's speaking with his national security team while execution americans a strike against bashar al assad's government with be limited. >> we are not considering any open-ended commitment. we aren't considering any boots on the ground approach. >> military experts say the u.s. is measuring a measured response in the form of air strikes on syria's capital. >>...
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an bankrupt announcement from the white house this morning president obama has decided the u.s. should take military action in syria for the alleged use of chemical weapons. we get the latest. >> reporter: president obama has put military action against syria on hold. >> the power is rooted not just in our military might but in our example as a government of the people, by the people and for the people. i will seek authorization for the use of force from the american people's representatives in congress. >> the president says he's firmly decided on a military response. >> what message will we send if a dictator can gas hundreds of children in plain sight and pay no price? >> the inspectors cross the syrian border on saturday, it set off furious speculation as to when a u.s. attack on syria might begin. the white house has turned up the rhetoric to red hot with secretary of state john kerry calling syrian leader bashar al assad a thug and murderer. >> we saw rows of children lying side by side, sprawled on a hospital floor, all of them dead from assad's gas. >> with u.s. warships
an bankrupt announcement from the white house this morning president obama has decided the u.s. should take military action in syria for the alleged use of chemical weapons. we get the latest. >> reporter: president obama has put military action against syria on hold. >> the power is rooted not just in our military might but in our example as a government of the people, by the people and for the people. i will seek authorization for the use of force from the american people's...
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president obama says he is weighing limited and narrow action against the syrian government which means no american troops would be on the ground. the president blames the government of launching or rather accuses the government of launching the attack that reportedly killed over 1,400 people including 400 children. the syrian government denies the allegation. protesters for and against the military strikes are expected to gather outside of the white house today. >>> a new nbc poll shows that half of americans are against it while 42% support the air strikes. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" historic same sex wedding set to happen to dday. we le show you the connection with the supreme court. >>> good morning. once again, look at the live shot from freemont this morning. lots of blue skies, and good temperatures for the holiday weekend, even if things will get a little more tricky later on as we head into the work week. rob has that in a bit. >>> a supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg will make history today. she will become the first supreme court member to conduct a same-sex
president obama says he is weighing limited and narrow action against the syrian government which means no american troops would be on the ground. the president blames the government of launching or rather accuses the government of launching the attack that reportedly killed over 1,400 people including 400 children. the syrian government denies the allegation. protesters for and against the military strikes are expected to gather outside of the white house today. >>> a new nbc poll...
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president obama does not want this war. he does not want to go back to the middle east. there are very little rounds of chemical weapons are being used against peaceful populations in syria that was not the case and in rock. barack barack >> i will suspect in the next 48 hours or so. >> catherine: thank you very much stephen curry i. >> jacqueline: >> reporter: we are going to have some extra fog in the morning with partial clearing as we get into the late morning hours. temperatures coming done and for sunday changes without water with a weather system coming in. for labor day clouds in the morning and sunshine in the afternoon and looking pretty nice. and then saturday it would have fog at the coast and sunshine at the rest of the bay area. these are the high clouds coming into southern california. so the calls have thickened through the day sunday. watch the showers picking up in late morning in an early afternoon. the best chance will be for the north bank. light rain hit and miss a variety showers. temperatures for small and mostly sunny skies look for a beautiful s
president obama does not want this war. he does not want to go back to the middle east. there are very little rounds of chemical weapons are being used against peaceful populations in syria that was not the case and in rock. barack barack >> i will suspect in the next 48 hours or so. >> catherine: thank you very much stephen curry i. >> jacqueline: >> reporter: we are going to have some extra fog in the morning with partial clearing as we get into the late morning hours....
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. >> from the white house, president obama is weighing the option notice response to a chemical weapons attack he said syria's government carried out last week. the president is speaking with his national security team while assuring americans that a strike against bashar al assad's government would not result in a long-term conflict. >> we are looking at the possibility of a narrow, limited act. we aren't considering any open-ended commitment. we aren't considering any boots-on-the-ground approach. >> he said the u.s. is eyeing a measured response in the form of air strikes on syria's capital. >> they will go after the unit that conducted the attack on the civilians. they know where they are and they will punish them with strikes, but they will also do something visually compelling. they will level probably a military of defense building. >> but it may be a tough sell to the u.s. public. one new poll reveals 50% of the americans oppose taking military action in syria. the u.s. would be acting without the help. one of its strongest allies. britain's parliament has voted against taking a
. >> from the white house, president obama is weighing the option notice response to a chemical weapons attack he said syria's government carried out last week. the president is speaking with his national security team while assuring americans that a strike against bashar al assad's government would not result in a long-term conflict. >> we are looking at the possibility of a narrow, limited act. we aren't considering any open-ended commitment. we aren't considering any...
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they left syria overnight as president obama considers launching an u.s. military strike. they've been gathering evidence near damascus. it could be after the final report of analyses is -- analysis of the county. he'll have little international support. russian president has asked the president to consider whether a strike would be worth civilian casualties? syrian officials say they expect an attack any time right now. four us war ships are in the meditteraneanian sea. >>> several members of the syrian american council have organized vigils calling on to the united states to respond to the chemical attack. some say because the country is under control of what dictator a military strike would cause harm to civilians. >> there is no win win situation. it's lose lose. it's a dictatorship or it's going to be muslim brotherhood or some other form of unstable government. >> president obama said it would not be about regime change but only retribution for the use of chemical weapons. >>> they've approved several bills for consideration, bills that include legislation to raise t
they left syria overnight as president obama considers launching an u.s. military strike. they've been gathering evidence near damascus. it could be after the final report of analyses is -- analysis of the county. he'll have little international support. russian president has asked the president to consider whether a strike would be worth civilian casualties? syrian officials say they expect an attack any time right now. four us war ships are in the meditteraneanian sea. >>> several...